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i \ .—»«—■ CHROMCLfci AND SENTINEL*. AU(i USTA. SATURDAY M«>RNiKfe,SEPrKM’iKI. 19. f \ FOR FRF.STDF.NT, .. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISfN, Os Ohio; | The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe —thcp incor ruptible Statesman —the inflexible Republican— the patriotic Farmer of Ohio. | FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, < JOHN TYLER, J Os Virginia; * A Slate Rights Republican of the school qf ’PS— one of Virginia’s noblest sens, and empllitically one of America’s most sagacious, virtu ?us and patriot statesmen. J ” V FOR KLECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PR!|SIDF.NT, GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorjj*. DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Camden. ’ JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogf| " JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock, i CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark* SEATON GRANTLAND, of BaldwiS. ' ANDREW MILLER, of Cass. j WILLIAM EZZARD, of DeKalb. C. U. STRONG, of Bibb. JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke. E, WIMBERLY, of Twiggs. .' FOR CONGRESS, j WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greens. H. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersha.p. JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Troup. j EUGENI US A. NISBET, of Bibb. | LOTT WARREN, of Sumter. ; THOMAS BUTLER KING, of Glyiln. ROGER L. GAMBLE, of Jeflerson.l JAMES A. MERIWETHER, of THOMAS F. FOSTER., of MuscogijL FOR SENATOR, | ANDREW J. MILLER. J i FOR REPRESENTATIVES, || CHARLES J. JENKINS, 2 GEORGE W. CRAWFORD, I WILLIAM J. RHODES. j The Richmond Hill Jlarbecul Will take place day, to which th<| citizens without distinction of parties are invited. 1 We un derstand the arrangements are extensivf for the accommodation of visitors, and as the clmmittee have invited a number of the Van Burel 'eiders, discussion may be expected unless they ffil to ap pear. I Another Humbug. | The Locofocos have succeeded so lo|g and so well with their numerous humbugs, we sometimes think, in looking over their papers, that th*y believe the people such dupes as to believe anything and every thing, however absurd. Their ifrst resort was to affadavits, and they brought Israel Brown upon the stage, to prove General Harris ji an abo litionist —this fell still-born ; they then Jot up va rious affidavits to prove that he had Jvorn the Black Cockade, as a badge of Federalism this met a similar fate; more recently they inlioduced a perjured villain upon tiic stage, and he sjvore that he had been sold in < hio and bought*ly a free negro, under the law for which General Harrison had voted, and lo and behold, no sueix law had ever existed in Ohio. Exposed as t'el were in all those low and despicable games, iie would have supposed they would resort in fujfure to the aid ot truth, byway of testing its efljeacy upon heir falling fortunes, nut so, however ;-oae expo sure only increases their desperation, the last dept rate act of a desperate party to gulijjhe people is the letter below, purporting to come fi|m a“ Whig Abolitionist,” which is paraded througlitho prosti tuted organs of the party as a triumph.[ It is very unfortunate that the Locofocos could nt| have pro cured some man of more than the writer of this base libel. He shows f'.is cloven foot too plain ; every mar who has common sense, can perceive that it is the production of * ome Loco foco libeller. That this article ever appeared in a Whig paper we have no idea, in sho|i, we are of opinion that it first CUM to light in Georgia. The writer, together with being destitute!of shrewd ness or any regard for truth, must -jjippose that the people ot the South are all . 's, to be lieve such unblushing statements, v v .en it is a notorious fact, that the piesent Locofcd o Governor of Massachusetts is a wool-dyed Ati-litionist, so too wore the late candidates of the Lo|ofoco party, for Governor and Lieutenant Governor*;! Vermont. And y ;, says this writer, “ the doc triers of Aboli tionism and J':u Burenism are two eternal antago nists Verily, they are very antagoc|tical, when it is notorious that the Van Buren meinbers of the New York Legislature at Ihe last s<;-sion, voted unanimously for Gervctu Smith, one ’ f the vilest Abolitionists North of the Potomac. That Corporal Mum should u ive pla. eto this ar ticle in the face of his admission a few days since, that the candidate of his party for ■* lovernor in Vermont was an Abolitionist, is a severe commen tary upon his especial regard for trut We are, however, gra hiied that things find their way into the Locofoco Journal -*, they show the people of the South the true chary ter of their Journals, and what reliance is to be placed in them, and we take great pleasure in laying' them before cur readers, and shall continue to do -o whenever they appear. The following is the cc mmunication of the self-styled “ H'A/g Abolitionist.” From the Essex fMass.J Register, Mr.E d itu h —Permit me to say a word in your paper to tho*; Abolitionists who aren;ndecided in reference to their duty at the polls nexi November, and are hailing between two opinions, namely, which will promote the cause of Abolition must —to vote for Harrison or Birney. That all trck Abolitionists are Whigs, is a fact not to be dispu ted, and lo call a man an abolitionist, who sup ports Marlin Van Buren and his administration, is an absurdity 100 palpable to deser ea moment’s consideration. The doctrines of Abolitionism and Van Burenisrn are two eternal antagonists; they have no affinity, and will not f<3 at peace with each other. Rather let us attempt to min gle light and shade, heat and cold, sickness and health, right and wrong, than to hep® that the cause of the slave can triumph while the present administration reigns. Abolitionists, you have nothing to expect from the party n* w power,but inflexible and uncom promising hostility. But what have you to expect from William H. Harrison, ifhe is placed in the executive chair! You will have the right of petition re stored; free discussion again permitted on the floor of Congress; the constitution administered according lo its true intent and meaning ; the public money to be undor the control of Congress; the free use of the post office granted you; the currency to be placed in a sound and heaily con dition; the Florida war ended; domestic indus try protected; economy will take the place of wasteful extravagance of the people’s money. These things, and many more ot like character, vou may expect; and these things must be done, or the cause of the slave can never be consurnatcd. Vote then for Harrison—for if you vote tor James G. Birney. you know you cannot elect him, and your vole will go against Harrison, and in favor of Van Buren, and thereby you will bind the slave still stronger in his wretched condition. When Putnam had tracked the wolf lo his den, he made preparation for his'destiuction, and with the torch, and rope, and rifle he descended and met the monster face to face, and soon obtained a victory. Abolitionists! you have tracked the monster slavery to his den, and there you stand with your weapons of eternal truth and justice all girl on; but you cannot reach him, because Van Buren and his soldiers are guarding the mouth of the den—they are slavery’s body guard, and when you march up with the torch of tree discussion, they blow it out; and when you pre sent the truth of the Bible as your text book, you are told it is unconstitutional, and you have no right to interfere. What then must be done ! Vou must go for Harrison, and clear away this body guard of slavery, and then march up with your weapons of righteousness, and show the monster s deformity and corruption. Then will public opinion spin out a rope, and drag him out and slay him, and bury him beyond the hope ot resur rection. A Whig Abolitionist. Dinner at Appling. The friends of Harrison and Tyler hud a splen did fete at Appling, on Thursday—about a thou sand persons estimated to have heen present. The audience was addressed by several gentleman from j the adjacent counties in most eloquent ansi forcible terms, but we regret to say, the Locofocos, altho’ challenged to a discussion on the occasion, did not make their appearance. That must be a bad cause which will not bare defence in the face of oppo nents. Yesterday the Locos had a meeting at the same place, but they did not dare to invite the Whig speakers to meet them. Okra Cotton. Mr. George Twiggs, of inis County, has placed in our office two stalks of this species of Cotton, raised on his farm in the pine w r oods, which sur pass any thing of the kind we have ever seen grown on upland. They are full seven feet high, and far surpass in the number of bolls any Cotton we have seen this season. The staple is said by thoFc who examined it, to be much finer than the ordinary Cotton, and altogether a nyuch superior article, and irom the specimens we have seen, wc regard it much more desirable for our planleis, whether we regard the quantity or quality. Divorce of Hank and State. The New York Express states that the Bank of America, in that < ity, with a capital of two mil lions, has only about thiiteen hundred thousand dollars lent out on discounted paper, while they i have, or had a few weeks since, “ nearly three millions lent to Government on their Treasury notes.” The bank is not, in fact, the agent of the Government. Mr. Allen, the Receiver of the In dependent Treasury, has an office in one corners within its walls, uses the vaults of the Bank, and to all intents and purposes the Bank and the Gov ernment are as closely connected, and more so than it ever was with the United States Bank. The Bank of the United States could not, by its charter, lend the Government over half a million, without a law* of Congress. The Bank of America can lend ta’ee millions, or any other sura, at any moment, ; and on any terms satisfactory to Mr. Newbold; possibly the directors may be consumed after the i loan is made.” j Maine Elections. The election for Governor, members of Congress &c., took place in Maine on Monday last, of which j we hope to be able to present to our readers some , intelligence in our next. Although we do not ex- ■ poet to carry the Stute at this election, it is never theless looked to with anxiety Disorder in the post office. —We have i been put in possession of an original letter from j Gen. Harrison to Ex-Mayor Claik, of which the following is a copy. Mr. Clark informs us that his letter to Gen. Harrison was mailed at a time which by proper conduct at the Post Offices would have enabled it to have reached Ciacinatti several days at least before it was received there. But it was sent by theicay of Savannah in Geor gia! Isthissam e mode of delay by circuitous transmission to be adopted generally for Whig letters!—iV. Y. Express. “Cincinnati, August 26, 1840. “ Dear Sir: Your letter of the LCtth iust., in viting me to be present at the meeting of my friends on the 22d inst., at Walton, Delaware Co., N. V., was not received until yesterday owing to its hav ing been sent by the way of Savannah, Georgia. 'The time for your proposed meeting had therefore passed before your letter came to hand, I am very respectfully, your fellow citizen, W. H. HARRISON.” “ Aaron Clark, Esq. A Costly Banner of Shinplasters. —The Natchez Courier of the 22d ult. states that “among the various banners carried on Thursday, the most singular and appropriate was that of P. L. Mitchell, Esq. It was composed of bank notes amounting to near one thousand dollars, of all sizes from one dollar bills up to the denomina tion of one hundred. All the better banks, such as Brandon. Real Estate, Tombigby, &c. wete hung out as mementos of the currency tinkering. The tassels of this flag were composed of the regular shinplasters. The motto of this banner was “The better currency promised by our rulers.’ This flag attracted ihe attention of all the curious, and many a locofoco said silently to himself this is a sad but true commentary upon the history of; ray party.” A performer oflegerdcmain &c. named Young, was arrested in Baltimore on Friday, on suspicion of being the person who murdered a Jew named Isaacs in Georgia in 1839. and subsequently es caped from jail at Pensacola. Testimony was ■ soon procured however, which fully proved the non-identity of Young, and he was released. A Good Idea. — The following capital toast wus given at a Barltecue in Sampson County Noth Carolina on the 29th ult. “By Ha dy E. Royal.—Gen. Harrison : His enemies say he is in tavor of selling out poor but respectable rogues and thieves. If ibis be true, what a big auction he will have at Wash ington on the 4th of March next! From the N. Y. Commercial Ad veer User of the 14/A. Later from England. 1 By tlia arrival of the packet ship Quebec, Cap. ' tain Hebbard, from London, the journals of that city to the llth of August, have l>cea received. This is four days later from London, than the in -1 telligence brought by the England. The King of Belgium was about making an other visit to England.which was believed to have a political*object, connected with the recent events in Europe. The London Globe hints that his Majesty will probably net as mediator between France and England—an office for which he seems peculiarly filled, by his near relationship to the sovereigns ( f those two countries. Full details are given in the London papers of the absurd attempt by Louis Napoloon—which, by the way, may be looked upon as extinguishing forever w hat little chance he may have had of ul timately succeeding in his designs upon France. The laugh is now turned against him, and Frenchmen will never risk their lives for one who has made himself so ridiculous. It seems that he had with him but 56 persons. The sentinel who was shot by the Prince, died the same evening. After the failure ot their at tempt at the caserne, or baaracks, they got into disorder and separated. Prince Louis went into the Permit-office, came out, and was in a few minutes captured with all his party then present, taken helore the Mayor, sent no to the citadel under a strong escort, and placed in different apartments, which took place about half-past eight o’clock. Among the party who separated at the column were Gen. Montholon, his aid-de-camp, and about eight others, who got down upon the sea sands, took possession of the lite-hont which attends the sea bathers, and were launching her into the sea, when they were closely pursued by the Na tional Guard, who fired into the boat, which wns immediately capsized, and they were all im mersed in the water, but not entirely out of their depth. Two of them were brought out of the wai n and taken into the lodge of the Humane Society, being severely wounded; they died immediately. That fine old man, Gen. Montholon, before he was out of the water offered up his sword, but he. was immediately shot and severely wounded by a bricklayer, one of the National Guards, and taken away to the hospital, with little chance of recovery. • “ Several others of the party were bought in in the course of the day, who had secreted them selves among the standing corn. The steam packet brought in with her a hand some green travelling carriage anJ a caravan, which contained all the military dreses, caps, knapsacks, &c. also eight very fine horses. The horses were landed as soon as convenient. The carriage reirtamed on board in possession of the donaniers, armed with their swords and muskets with fixed bayonets. “ There are also on board four barrels filled with 40 franc pieces in gold (otherwise called double Napoleons or Louis.) “Prince Louis has also, contained in a belt on his person, twenty thousand pouncs sterling in Paris Bank bills, which he is allowed f : itain. “Some of the Bonapartists concerned in this mad attempt are very well known at Boulogne; their names are not yet published. “ Boulogne. 6 o’clock, A. M., 7th Aug. 1810. It is reported that seven are killed or drowned, exclusive of those wounded. Boulogne is per fectly tranquil, without any apprehension of fur ther disturbance. The following is a copy of Ihe proclamation scattered by the Prince and his followers: “ Prince Napoleon, in the name of the French people, decrees as follows : j “ The dvnasty of the Bourbons of Orleans has | ceased to reign. The French people are reinsta ted in their rights. The troops are delivered from i the oaths of their fidelity. The Chamber of ' Peers and the Chamber ot Deput es are dissolved A National Congress shall be invoked on the ar rival of Prince Napoleon at Paris. “ Thiers, President of the Council, is appoint ed at Paris President of the Provincial govern ment, “MarshalClausel is named commander in chief of the troops assembled at Paris. “General Fagot is to be commander of the first military division. “All the chiefs of the corps who do not con form immediately to those orders shall be dis placed. “All officers, sub-officers, and soldiers who will show iheir energetic sympathy for the national ; cause shall be recompensed in the most distin guished manner. “In the name of the country. God protect F ranee. “Boulogne, the ,1840. “LOUIS NAPOLEON.” The London Chronicle says that Sir Howard Douglass has been recalled from the government of the lonian Islands, and Lord Falkland ap pointed his successor. Parliament was to be prorogued by tho Queen in person, on the llth August. The latest Paris advices were August Bth. The condemnation of Prince Louis was univer sal, both by the press and the public. Many persons had been arrested at the capital, as impli cated in the clliir. It was supposed that the Prince and his companions would be brought to Paris, and tried by the Chamber of Peers. An absurd idea obtained considerable credence that the attempt w r as countenanced by Lord Palmerston. M. Guizot landed at Calais, from London, on the 7th, and proceeded to join the King at En. A letter from Boulogne, dated the Bih, savs that King Louis Phillippe was shot on his way to En, and'that his coachman was killed. From the London Chronicle, Aug. 8. Friday —The consol market has been ex tremely brisk to-day, and prices have experienced a considerable improvement. After busines hours yesterday, consols were offered at 89$ so the account, but at the opening of the roarke’ this morning the first quotation was nominally 90$ to After being buyers and sellers a 9UA for a short time, prices improved to 90$ ti 90J, closing, however, a shade lower, the las quotation being 90| to 90$ for the account. Ex chequer bills were the same as yesterday, bciu; quoted at ‘22s. to 245. prem. This improvement in the funds his been pro duced by the a Lie and conciliatory speech deliv ered by Lord Palmerston last night, in answer t« Mr. Hume in the House of Common*, which has removed much of the uneasiness that has been pressing down prices daring the week. Publh attention to-day has been much devoted to if contents, and to the attempt of Prince Louis Be naparte to create a division in his favor, by sedu eing the troops to his standard at Boulogne. A Sanctum Sanctorum. —A gentleman wh 1 recently visited Richmond informs tiic editor t the Baltimore Clipper t.lat he called on Carport Streeter ot the Richmond Star, whom he fouu seated on his tripod, with hi? sleeves rolled uj surrounded by newspapers from all parts of th globe—they were knee-deep, and mixed up wit. cantalope rinds, apple parings, peach stones, oys ter shells, and “little \ irginny niggers.” On hi tabic were a bowl of clam soup, a petaloe candb stick, a bottle of hard cider, two quill stumps, j clam shell inkstand, a cast ot the C.ipper man no»e, an old hat, and divers tnanustripls. The wails were decorated with an old continental uni so ra, a rusty broadsword a musket “without loci stock or barrel,” and a number of prints repn seting various stages of the life of the hero Ausle lilz. He was at the time writing an eulogy o clam soup, with his “eye in a fine phrenzy rolling’ —and so absorbed was he in the subject, that f« * an hour after he could not tell his own name. From Vermont. The following letter to the editors of the Na tional Intelligencer, is from a source which, they are well advised, entire reliance may be placed : Vermont, September 8, 1840. An attempt is made by the Boston Morning Post, to give an impression that the great Whig victory in Vermont is a triumph of the Aboli tionists. It is precisely the leversc. It isamost signal defeat of abolitionism. Paul Dilling ham, the Locofoco candidate for Governor, is an abolitionist. He lost votes by his supporters electioneering for him on that ground. Edward D. Barber, the Locofoco candidate lor Lieut. Governor, is the rankest abolitionist in Vermont. For some years past he has been the,editor ot a violent abolition newspaper, and is now, and tor years has been, Secretary of the Vermont Anti- Slavery Society. Addison county, where Bar ber resides, sends twenty-one members to the Legislature. Twenty of these are WMiigs, and the remaining one is an abolition Locofoco, who will vote for Biiixkt, for President, and is the only member elect of the Vermont Legislature, who will so vote. The excitement in Ve'inonl in relation to slavery has almost entirely died away, and the subject would have been scarcely alluded tom connection with our last election, had it not been for the attempts of the Locofocos to make political capital out of it. Gen. Harrison’s views upon this question are perfectly under stood in Vermont, and it is as well known hose as any where else, that he is entirely opposed to any interference with the institutions of the South. A few words will explain why the Whig ma jority in Vermont has increased so largely at this election. The number of voters in Vermont who may be got out to vote at an election is some thing over 58,000. The Whig party has always been in Vermont and was even this year (to a de gree) remiss in voting. It has felt too strong for its own safety. The result of the last year’s election gave it new energy and life, for it was almost beaten. The Governor’s vote last year was Whig 24,611, Loco 22,251, being in the : whole 46,862, showing that more ti.an 11,000 j freemen did not vote. Os these 11,000 about 9.000 were Whigs and 2,000 Locofocos. With the year past 2,000 Locos have joined the Whigs. With scarce an excejrtion, every Loco in the State voted at the last election. The Loco vote this year is about the same us last year, say 22.- 500. The Whig vote is about 32,600. It is increased by the accession of the 2,000 who were Locos last year, and by 6,000 Whigs turning out who did not vote last year. And aU that will prevent the Whigs giving 13,000 majority in Nov ember far the Harrison Electoral Ticket is the adverse influence of abolititionism. The ex citement relative to lire measures of the Admin tralion is so great that with the decided Whigs it absorbs all other questions. Although during the past summer I have met a great proportion of the leading Whig politicians of Vermont, the subject of abolitionism has never been alluded to as having any other than an unfavorable bearing upon the strength of the Whig party in this State. From the Cincinnati Gazette. Where Heads thejWin J Now ? The “Western Steamer, Edward Stiff, Editor,” which breathed i*s first in this city three or four weeks ago, and has since been doing battle right valiantly for “ Martin Van Buren, President” “Richard M. Johnson, Vice President,” and “ Wilson Shannon, Governor,” breathed its last on Saturday the sth. The parting blessing which its editor bestows upon his Locofoco brethren of this cilv, is so much of a curiosity in its way, that we transfer a portion of it to our columns. After enumerating the hardships which he has undergone since the “ Western Steamer” was launched, Still"proceeds: “ Under such circumstances, in order to enjoy the usual courtesies of life, end the usual facilities in transacting business, we have been required to i bow submissively to a self-constituted Directory of the Democratic party, and make our paper a ve hicle to perpetuate the power of a Junto here who have already brought disgrace upon the party and driven from its ranks many of its most respecta ble and efficient members.” What say you to this count, Messrs. Dawson. Duncan, 6c Co.l Stand up and look your judges in the face.—Count second : “ This we could not, we will not do. We have been compelled to witness the machinations and duplicity of those who claim to be leaders of the parly, until we have dropped them in disgust, and have erased from our columns tire foul blot of A. Duncan and Tom. Henderson has fixed j upon the paper. As we stated at the outset, we adopted the ticket upon trust which ogj- de mocratic brethren had made. The nominees were, at the time, personally unknown to us, and we regret to say, that our opportunities since have j disclosed facts, which would call u p a blush to i the cheek of every lover of his country.” Thomas Jefferson Henderson, what say you j to the second count ? Push your hair aside, 7om i that your face may be seen.and answer your ac- 1 cuser.—Third count: “ We cannot, we will not, for friend or foe, i j for love nor money, advocate the claims to im i portant trusts ot such abandoned wretches, nor will we for any earthly consideration be kept in leading strings by a Junto headed by such men as Moses Dawson, Piatt, etc. Just such man-i j agement on the one hand, and blind devotion 1 i on the other, has brought this country to humili- ' I ationand ruin, and has filled tho Legislative halls | ; and other important offices with men that a gal j lows would not could not’disgrace.” j Jacob Wykuff Piatt, this count is for you. j Smooth and straighten your face, Jacob, and speak out like a man. No dodging “behind a stump! ’ No “ skulking a mile and a half out of sight!” Speak up Jacob, as though you were ad dressing your brethren at Miamitown. There’s a “ smelJ gun powder” here man, and you must show your mettle. Mr. Stiffhas worked hard and lost money while doing so. For this he is to be cnmmisscr ated. But a politician one ot whose first princi ples is that “all who trade on borrowed capital ought to break,” should have known belter than to “ adopt the ticket upon trust” Doctor Hines.—The Baton Rouge Gazette cf the sth inst. speaking of the doctor, says “ W hen he entered the walls of his gloomy abode, he gave vent to a hurst of feeling, lamenting bis talc and declaring that he was the victim of per jury. On taking ofi his elegant appaielto assume the convict’s uniform, he laid down a high crown ed hat, which en being examined, was found lined witn springs similar to those of a watch. By striking: his hat on the crown, it was imme diately transformed into a cap. The doctor could thus at any moment change his head-gear, and it put in jail, was ready with instruments to make his escape. The hat was accidentally torn to pieces, but the springs may be seen at the Peni tentiary. We have been told by one of the officers of the institution that the doctor has declared that he will not remain long at Baton Rouge. He says that he has many powerful and influential friends who will interfere for him, and should their intercession fail, he has given notice that he wiil leave on his own responsibility, anc “ head foremost' if he cannot no other way. Ihe guards have I>een ordered to keep a rigid watch and fire on him should he make any de monstration of an attempt to escape.” .^ ATCHEZ - —A fire occurred at Natchez on the 9th inst. in one of the outbuildings of a beautiful mansion. There were in the kitchen two -ervan s, a gulanda toy, and both were destroy ed the boy was in a sick bed and was found a ensped ender—tbe girl was taken out alive hor ribly burnt but died in a few hours in the most ex cruciating agony aud pain.— N. O. Pic. From the New Orleans Bee of thfj\-2lh. Fire at the St. Charles Exchange. This noble structure and pride of our city, was yesterday morning well night becoming a prey to the devouring element. At about a quarter past nine o’clock the citizens of tire second municipal ity, and in fact whole city, were alarmed by the cry of fire in the St. Charles Hotel. Every body was filled with consternation at the idea ot losing another of the monuments of our enterprising community; and we must confess that at one time we entertained very serious doubts of the ability of our praiseworthy firemen to arrest the progress of the fire. The flames were seen to issue in the rear on the north cast corner of the building, and aided by a high northerly wind, soon extended over the entire roof of the left wing ; the fire companies were on the spot a few moments after the alarm was given, and immedi ately earned their hose to the top of the roof, and almost by superhuman exertions, succeeded in quenching the flames in the course of an hour. Too much credit cannot lie attached to the inde fatigability of our firemen who vied with each other in their laudable efforts 10 save this bcuti ful edifice, and this is another of the many in stances where we are solely indebted to their zeal in saving so much valuable property. The loss is estimated at about $25,000 for which amount the company is amply secured by insurance. The cause of this calamity is variously attribu ted to incendiaries and to mere accident. We have heard that the chimnics in that pan of the building which was burnt, had cracked in several places, which had been the means of igniting the cross beams, but do not think this is very proba ble. This much is certain, it is most fortunate .hat the fire originated in the daytime; had it occurred in the night, the whole building would, in all probability, have been destroyed. \ rr Another.—At about ten o’clock yester day morning, a fire broke out in a house belong ing to Mr. Munch, in Craps street, in the rear of the Lower Cotton Press. Notwithstanding as sistance was promptly rendered, that, together with a small blacksmith’s shop, and another dwelling house adjoining, were totally destroy ed. From the Cincinnati Gazette. Presidential Flections. Mr. Editor —There have been, since the organization of our government, thirteen presi dential elect ions. The following is a correct statement of the number ot voles received by each principal candidate, for president, at each of said elections; and as it will be found on examination to have been compiled from good authority, it may perhaps be worthy of a place in your col umns. First election , 1783. No. of electors 69. George Was!)ington received 69 votes; John Adams, 31, and John Jay 6. Washington was elected president, and John Adams vice president. Second election, 1792. No. of electors 135. George Washington received 132 votes, John Adams 77, and George Clinton 50. Washington and Adams were both re-elected. Third election , 1796. No. of electors J 38, John Adams received 71 votes ; Thomas Jefferson 69; Thomas Pinkney 59, and Aaron Burr 30. Adams was elected president, and Jefferson vice president. Fourth election, 1800. No. of electors 138. Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr received each 73 votes; John Adams 65. and Charles C. Pinkney 64. As there was no choice of president in the college of electors, the election devolved on the house of representatives, and after balloting 30 times Jefferson was elected by a majority of one slate. Burr was elected vice president. Fifth election, 18; ; 4. No of electors 176. The present plan of voting separately for president and vice president was now adopted. Thomas Jefferson received 162 votes for presi dent, and Charles Pinckney 14. —George Clin ton received 162 votes lor vice president, ai.d Rufus King 14. Jefferson and Clinton were elected. Sixth election, 1808. No. of Electors 176 James Madison received 122 votes for President, and Charles C. Pinckney 47. George Clinton received 1 13 votes tor Vice President and Rufus King 47. Madison and Clinton were electid. Seventh Election, 1812. No. of Electors 217, James Madison received 128 vote- for Pres dent, and Do Wit Clinton 89. EldriJge Gerry I receivetl 131 votes for Vice President, and Jared ! Ingersoll 86. Madison and Gerry were elected, j Eighth election, 1816. No. of electors 217, James Monroe received 183 votes for President, and Rulus King 34. Daniel D. Tompkins re ; ceived 183 votes for V ice President, and John E. Howard 22. Monroe and Tompkins we.e elected. Ninth election, 1820. No. of Electors 232. James Monroe received 232 voles for President, and Daniel D. Tompkins 218 for Vice President. Fenth election, 1824. No. of Electors 261. Andrew Jackson received 99 votes foi President; | John Q. Adams 84 ; \\ m. H. Crawford 41, and Henry Clay 37. As neither candidate had a ; majority, the election was carried into the house where John Q. Adams having received the voles of 13 Stales out of 24, was elected President. John C. Calhoun received 182 electoral votes for Vice President; N. Sanford 30, and Nathaniel Macon 24. Calhoun was elected vice President. Eleventh election, 1828. No. of Electors 261. Andrew Jackson received 178 votes for Prcsi- I lent, and John Adams 82. John C. Calhoun received 171 votes tor Vice President, and R.ch ard Kush S 3. J ickson and Calhoun were elected. 7 Vwtfth election, 1832, No ot Electois 268. Andrew Jackson -eceivcd 219 votes for President; Henry Clay 49. John Floyd 11, and Wm. Wirt 7. Martin Van Buren received 189 votes for Vice President; John Sergeant 49; Wm. Wilkins 30: Henry Lee 11, and Arnos Ellmaler 7. Jack son and \ an Buren were elected. Thirteenth election, 1836. No. of Electors 294, (including Michigan.) Martin Van Buren received 170 votes for President. Wm. H. Har rison 73 ; Hugh L, White 26; Daniel Webster 14, and Willie P. Mangum, 11. Richard M. Johnson received 147 votes for Vice President; Francis Granger 77; John Tyler 47, and Wm! Smith 23. As neither of the candidates for Vice President received a majority of the electoral votes, and as Richard M. Johnson and Francis Granger received more votes than any other two, the Senate preceded to elect one of the candidates V ice President. In the Senate Richard M. John son received 33 voles, and Francis Gianger 16. V an Buren and Johnson were elected. From the Philadelphia. Pennsylvanian, Memorials of tub dead. —One of the most simple, yet beautiful and affecting customs of an tiquity, which has descended to modern times is the decorating with flowers the graves of those we respected and loved. Accustomed, as mod erns are to term the ages and usages are passed, barbarous and uncivilized, we cannot but think’ that the title regard paid in our days to the mem-’ ory of the departed, is a sad proof that advance ment in iterature and the sciences, is unfavora ble to the cull vation and growth of some of the finest, sv/eete.-;, and holiest emotions, of which the heart is susceptible. We have no desire to be ranked among the ultra sensitive, but certainty with us. this is no theme for unbecoming levin'. I here is a deep toned voice in the care and r'e* rr t CVery agC and nation of Equity has shown to t.ie memory of the dead—there is a di speai“,"',ucfa-ihV*. Inch cannot be misunderstood, and which finds a repose in every soul, not utterly callous and mserMb.e to its noble destinies. In the un fading green of the cypress and ivy, the ancients found an emblem of the immortal vigour of the mmd; tindmth# annual renewal of the rose, and ihe fresh blossoms of spring, a proof th S man. too, after the winter of death, and the era *! Hf he past, is destined to flourish in renovated beau' | ty and splendour. Those important truths made I to us by the revelation, the endeavored to r j l ‘ I the wide spread volume of nature, and there Jll S was such as may well make us blush at the * I roganco of our pretentions Nolwithstandh* I the disuse and neglect, which this remnant of f ? I fine feeling of the ancients has failed, among it!* I greater part of the nations of Christendom s ,iS fl •here are places whore it is preserve! i n u s ~r i ■ - i live anti hallowed purity. A traveller assures m '-* ' that after the departed struggle between V*’ if French armies, and the Tyrolese peasantry, wh * I the former were defeated in the murdmww 1 j tempts to penetrate the mountain fastnesses f m the south of Austria, not one of tn e Tyrolese h * fell, was buried on the field, hut after the stf* If of death was over, was borne by his friends to h;* 1 own native village, in the church yard of whirl* I the little green mounds, planted with flowers. ail j 1 freed from weeds by the pious care of suivh„ rg I still show the number of those that perished ’ that conflict of liberty. In the Crimea, in NiplT on, on the southern shores of the Mediterranean" I among the Moors, and in China, is still observed I the beautiful custom of planting and f I A >wers over the dead ; a custom so affecting. an j J ' so full of refined taste, that it ought never to he j suffered to fall into oblivion, by those who make the slightest pretences to civilization, h, \\ a!ei when a young woman dies, she is attended tu her grave by her virgin companions, each one bearinu flowers, which, after she is deposited in her last j abode, are sprinkled over the coflin. Over th P monument of Klopstock, the impassioned author I j ‘>f the “ Messiah,” flowers are yearly strewn, and j a lime tree there ever waves its spreading b r , ln . dies In that populous city of the dead, the Pere La Chaise of the French capitol, ti:e cypress the rose, and the willows, are beautifully blcn drd ; and on Ail-souls day, thssc who have 1 Iriends Lurie d there, are in the custom of visiting j tue P lace > bearing garlands of wild flowers and j evergreens intermingled, to place upon the ; graves. The epitaph of the founder of Grecian j Tragedy, the celebrated Sophocles, written by M j Simonides, proves tiiat such a custom of honor ing the illustrious dead, then existed : \b ind, gentle evergreen, to form a shade, Around the tomb where Sophocles is laid. Sweet ivy, wind thy boughs and intertwine '' rth blushing roses, and the clus*ci ing vine : So shall thy lasting leavers with beauty bun* Prove a lit emblem of the lays he sung.” 'There tan scarcely he imagined a more delight- £ ful place, than that valley of unfolding green, E and everlasting flowers, where Badi the Koval* I Persian, poet, is entombed. Hafiz, of tire same nation, and scarcely less renowned as a poet, planted with his own hands the cypress under [ which he directed his body to be entombed, and | over which for ages, his enthusiastic admirers ! and countrymen scattered roses, and hung chap- I lets ot flowers. There is no place that awaken* : more deep and sadly pleasing emotions, than to tread the ground where those once loved, rest forever from their sorrows and their enres. Every thing disagreeable and repulsive, in such a ouiet scene, ought to be carefully avomed ; and every thing should be introduced which can have a tendency to soften the passions, and sooth and tranquihze the feelings. Yet how often do we i% the sleeping place of the dead, in the church yards ot both city and country, find the graves ! trampled upon by the most disgusting of brutes; a cold stone perhaps, to tell who sleeps below,’; J hut no flowers aic seen to picture, by their renew- I al, the cheering hope of a resurrection ;no ever- I green to shadow forth the immortality of the dead. I To the contemplative mind, there is something I pleasing in the idea of sleeping ihe dreamless I : sleep, surrounded by those whom we loved while I i living, and beneath the turf made radiant bv the I I unsullied blossoms of Spring. To us, there is 1 1 another interesting view of this subject, and I which is so quaintly and beautifully expessed by 1 1 Osborne: “He that lieth under the herse of 1 | heavenne, is convertible into sweet herbs and 1 flowers, that in aye lest in bosoms that would II shrink from the ugly bugs which may he found f . crawling in the magnificent tombs of Henry the \ 11. ’The same thought occurs in an “Address to the Mummy,” hy a late author; “ Ob not like thee would I remain. But o'er the eaiin my allies strew : ;u And in some rising bud regain | 7 Lcfreskood that my childhood knew /” $ for ourselves much rather had we sleep where the moonbeams would covert into diamonds the | dew drops gathering on the rosebuds, tha.i to lie m beneath the dome of 8-t. Peters, and where the w soil south wind would wake the fragianceol * blossoms winch afieciionate hands had planted, B than to moulder in the undiscovered chutnbeis ol I the eternal pyramids. The Father of General Ham-on. Tire fohowing notice of the father of the People's B Candidate for the Presidency, is copied f:om the B encyclopedia Am* ricana published in IS3O, and will B be lead with inter* si at the present time: I “ Benjamin Harrison, a signer of the Declaration I cf Independence, was of a highly respectable fami- I ly in Virginia. Ihe date cf his birth is not pre- I t i -ely known. He was a student in the college of I William and Mary, when his father and two sis- I ters were simultaneously killed by a stroke of I lightning. He went earlv into public life, (is I which his ancestors had long been distinguished, I commencing his political career, in 1164, as * I member of the legislature of his native province. II Jhe eminent e which l.e acquired in that capacity, ■ combined with the influence naturally accruing I iiom fortune and distinguished family connexions, I rendeied it an object fur the royal geven ment to | enlist him in their favor; and he was accordingly | offered a seat in the executive council of Virgin** I —-a station analogous to that of a privy-counseikT I in England. This was a tempting bait to an an*- I bilious young man ;i ut as, even at that time, the I measuu sot ihe British ministry indicated an op- I piessive spiiit, he refused tire proffered dignity, ■ and always excited his influence so. the benefir of I the people. When the time came for active resis* I tancc to Ihe arbitrary acts of the government, be | was not found backward. In the first general J| Congress of 1774 he was a delegate, and consecra- i ted his name, by affixing it to that dcclarOion I which can never be forgotten as long as liberty is I worshipped. It is related concerning him, that | whilst sign ;ng the instiument, he happened to I stand near Mr. Gerry of Massachusetts, who w* ! ■ ol a slender and spare form, whi'e he was v p| 7 V corpulent; and, turning to him, after laying dcw fl ■ the pen, he said, in a facetious way, “When the f time of hanging comes, 1 shall have the advantage L ovei you. It will be over with me in a rninut®, I but you will be kicking in the air half an hour alter 1 am gone.” Mr. Harrison was particularly useful as a chairman of the boaid ol Mar. Alter his resignation oi his seat, 1777, he was elected to t ie house of burgesses cf Virginia, of which he was immediately chosen speaker. This situation he occupied till the year 17&3, when lie was mace thici magistrate of the State, and was twice o- B elected. In 1785, he letiied to private life, but m *7*®* became a member of the convention of G.- ■ i ginia that lalified the < onstitutibn of the Iniv I Mates. Os the first committee appointed by to.' I body, that of piivileges and electians, he was cho- ■ sen chairman ; but his age and infiimities prevent- I cd him from taking an active part in the debate*. ■ He, however, advocated the adoption of the boa- I stitution, with certain amendments. Ho died I | the gout, in 1191.” I C onsignees per South Carolina Kail Hoad* I Hasiburu, Sept. IS, IS4O. ■ E G Iloriot; Latimer, Whiting & Co.; Keese & I Beall; T Daw on; Kathhone & Baker; W <■ I>o* I g“tt; W K Kitchen; A Fredetick ; W Haltier; J I \V Houghton ; L W Ca n ; J J Parraelee ; Gould & I Bulkley; J Kent; II C Baldwin; Rankin, Boggs I &Co ; II A Richmond ; Dr. Turpin; Stovall, Sim* fl mans & Co.; J F Benson ; G Parrott; W H Cran« | 6c Co.